Democrats anxious to show hos much they support the troops in Iraq ought to concentrate on efforts to bring them home. Instead, many Dems, led by the most hawkish ones, are hammering the White House to speed up delivery of the super-expensive Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles . These things cost about $1 million each, and the Pentagon is rushing to build thousands of them. It's a $20 billion program.

The current plan is to deliver as many as 3,000 MRAPs to Iraq by year's end:

Soldiers are dying on a daily basis because of these bombs. It ought to be our No. 1 priority," said Rep. Gene Taylor, the Mississippi Democrat who heads the seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.

True, that. But those soldiers would be a lot safer at home, don't you think, Rep. Taylor? Tens of billions of dollars for MRAPs in Iraq makes it sound like we are planning to stay for a long time. Or, maybe they'll be useful when we invade the tribal areas of Pakistan.